The American University of Afghanistan is governed by a self-perpetuating Board of Trustees. The President of the University is further advised by a separate President’s Advisory Board and a Board of Directors of the American University of Afghanistan Foundation.

Members

The Board of Trustees includes the following members and leaders:

Mr. Mirwiss Abdul Azizi, President, Azizi Hotak Group

Mr. Ehsan Bayat, President and CEO, Telephone Systems International, and President, Afghan Wireless Communication Company
First Vice Chair, Board of Trustees

Mr. Fredric Berger, P.E., Chairman, The Louis Berger Group, Inc.
Second Vice Chair, Board of Trustees

Ms. Doris E. Buffett, President, Sunshine Lady Foundation

Mr. Noorullah Delawari, Former Governor, Da Afghanistan (Central) Bank

Dr. Akram Fazel, Senior Vice President, FKH Group
Chair, Board of Trustees

Mrs. Caroline H. Firestone, Member, U.S.-Afghan Women's Council

Mr. Hassan Ghulam Gran, Secretary General, Wolesi Jirga National Assembly of Afghanistan

Mrs. Shamim Jawad, President, Ayenda Foundation, U.S.-Afghan Women's Council

Dr. Jacob van Lutsenburg Maas, President, American University of Afghanistan Foundation

Mr. Farid Maqsudi, President, ARC Companies, LLC

Dr. M. Ishaq Naderi, Senior Economic Advisor to President Hamid Karzai and Jay Gould Professor of Economics, New York University

Mr. David B. Rivkin, Jr., Partner, Baker & Hostetler, LLP

Dr. Hiromi Lorraine Sakata, Professor Emerita, University of California, Los Angeles
Secretary, Board of Trustees

Ms. Leslie M. Schweitzer, Senior Trade Advisor, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Dr. Nazif Shahrani, Chairman, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, and Professor of Anthropology, Indiana University

Dr. Thomas Stauffer, President and Chief Executive Officer, American University of Afghanistan

Dr. Zaher Wahab, Professor of Education, Lewis and Clark College

Ms. Debra L. Zumwalt, General Counsel and Vice President, Stanford University
Treasurer, Board of Trustees